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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
I'm just glad I didn't have to cast the deciding vote.
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We keep hoping to force you into that. But so far, not since I've been participating, at least. Ah, well, maybe next month.
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Originally Posted by Dazrin
It is free on her website too, so access this month shouldn't really be an issue.
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Originally Posted by kansaskyle
/cheer
I went for the free option and CRussel's description/support made A Cold Day for Murder look interesting. I look forward to discussing with y'all.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
So it's your fault the wrong book won. Free does not always mean better.
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No, but let's really try to avoid pejoratives. We're all here to read some good books, and discuss them. Free
does have the virtue of not locking anyone out, though I agree it's not an indicator of quality. Expensive, however, while also not a quality metric is a
barrier. Fortunately, this month none of the options was hugely overpriced.
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Originally Posted by Dazrin
While true that sometimes free isn't always better, this is a very good book and the implication that is is a "bad" book is not at all true.
Also, there is no call to blame someone for your choice not winning. Even if Kansaskyle hadn't voted for it it would have been a tie (and WT Sharpe didn't vote for the other book in the first round....)
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Hear him. And especially since it could as easily have been
issybird that cast the critical vote. I didn't see which one came in last.
We were fortunate this month - we had an excellent slate in the original voting (four that I was quite willing to read and discuss), and the final runoff let us choose between two promising books, both of which I've now bought the eBook and Audible books for and intend to read (or re-read). I have nothing bad to say about the Eric Ambler book - I expect it to be an excellent read. But if the read and discussion gets even one more person hooked on Dana Stabenow, then it's a win.
(And yes, I've already pre-ordered her 21st book in this series, due out in May. So I guess I count as hooked, certainly.)
Finally, a reminder -- you'll get another chance at the Eric Ambler book in January.